Category: Tips

Customer Stories: It was this, or a hammer

Customer Stories: It was this, or a hammer Mom: Jennifer It was this, or a hammer. That’s what I told myself when I downloaded Boomerang and the SPIN browser last night. Over the last three years, my twin teenaged boys …

Top 10 used apps by our users (the kids)

We have our very popular Always Allowed app list feature where parents can choose apps they feel are of high quality for screen time use. Once on this list, these apps do not count down the child’s daily usage limit. Typically we see parents …

Parental Controls – What’s in it for t...

Not much… For the most part, today’s parental control apps are designed to make parents get some control back, monitor (and feel a bit better about) what their kids are doing on their mobile technology use and most have had very little focus on the …

Introducing Block Newly Installed Apps (and more!)

We are introducing the world’s first true proactive app blocking feature in Boomerang Parental Control. By blocking newly installed apps proactively and notifying parents to unblock them, we are encouraging a conversation led by parents with their children on the “whys” …

What You and Your Kids Need to Know About Livestre...

Written by Sarah Kimmel from Family Tech Zone. We live in a social world where we feel compelled to take pictures of our lunch and post them online for all of our friends to see, and comment, and like. …

Can Parents rely on the App Age Rating?

Parents must do more than rely on the age rating of Apps! Gun Camera 3D is an augmented reality game rated 10+ on the Google Play Store and 12+ on the Apple Play Store and I would definitely …